diff --git a/src/plugins/docgen/ODFDoc.py b/src/plugins/docgen/ODFDoc.py
index a7668f258..0b5e60385 100644
--- a/src/plugins/docgen/ODFDoc.py
+++ b/src/plugins/docgen/ODFDoc.py
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ class ODFDoc(BaseDoc, TextDoc, DrawDoc):
self.cntnt2.write(' ' % style[1])
self.cntnt2.write('\n')
elif ( style[0] == "FontHighlight" ):
- self.cntnt2.write('')
self.cntnt2.write(' ' % style[1])
self.cntnt2.write('\n')